Midseason reboot helped Drury reach high point

11:39 PM,
Mar. 15, 2013

The starters for the Drury University basketball team, from left: Brandon Lockhart, Alex Hall, Ian Carter, Teddy Simniok, and Drake Patterson. The PAnthers will host Findlay (Ohio) in the first round of the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional today.

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Long before this crazy week, before the 17-game winning streak and hosting an NCAA Division II Tournament regional for the first time in school history, seniors Alex Hall, Brandon Lockhart and the Drury Panthers' other starters found themselves at ? an impasse.

That's probably the best word for it.

Look back to the three weeks right after Christmas. An 8-0 beginning got muddied in Las Vegas in two losses: 72-69 to defending D-II champion Western Washington, and an 82-72 to St. Mary's of Texas. ...